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Checklist for Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
and region Howard (Tama County, Iowa, USA)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		5
6
6		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		5
6
6		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		5
6
6		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		4
5
5		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths		4
5
5		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Howard (Tama County)
4 Families width 5 Species
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815Admirals1SpeciesTaxom
Sphingidae Latreille, 1802Hawk Moths2SpeciesTaxom
Lycaenidae Leach, 1815Blue butterflies1SpeciesTaxom
Saturniidae (Boisduval, 1837)And Giant Silk Moths1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Howard (Tama County)
5 Genera with 5 Species
Anaea Hübner, 1875Leafwings1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratomia Harris, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Lycaena Fabricius, 1868Boulder Copper1SpeciesTaxom
Sphingicampa Walsh, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Sphinx Linnaeus, 18781SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Howard (Tama County)
5 Species
Anaea andria Scudder, 1875Goatweed Butterfly
Ceratomia hageni Grote, 1874Hagen's Sphinx
Lycaena (Chalceria) dione Scudder, 1868Gray Copper
Sphingicampa bisecta (Lintner, 1879)⇒ Syssphinx bisecta Lintner, 1879
Sphinx vashti Strecker, 1878Snowberry sphinx

Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in Howard (Tama County)
SuborderGlossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths		4
5
5		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom



Lepidoptera (Linnaeus 1758)
Lepidoptera (Linnaeus 1758)


Links, sources and further information
Lepidoptera at arkansaslepidopterasurvey.net
Lepidoptera at butterflies.bcghana.org
Lepidoptera at mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu
Lepidoptera at afromoths.net
Lepidoptera at butterfliesofamerica.com
Lepidoptera at leps.it
Lepidoptera at papua-insects.nl
Lepidoptera at tyllinen.eu
Lepidoptera at abdb-africa.org
Lepidoptera at artfakta.se
Lepidoptera at dyntaxa.se
Lepidoptera at gbif.org
Lepidoptera at irmng.org
Lepidoptera at itis.gov